Gary Bronstein is Team Leader of the firm's Financial Institutions practice. Mr. Bronstein provides a broad spectrum of strategic advice to financial institution and public company clients. He concentrates on initial public offerings and other specialized public and private capital raising transactions, mergers and acquisitions, proxy contests and a host of other corporate and securities law matters that arise during the life of clients.
Mr. Bronstein has had extensive experience with financial institution enforcement cases creating resolution strategies, negotiating settlements and leading internal investigations. Mr. Bronstein also provides counsel on corporate governance for clients that have been the subject of enforcement proceedings and for public company clients.
Some highlights of Mr. Bronstein's career include representing dozens of corporate clients with public and private equity and debt financings; assisting in the structuring, negotiation and completion of dozens of merger transactions involving both public and private companies; representing both corporate clients and dissident shareholders in defending against and waging proxy contests; representing several start-up companies on a variety of transactions, including corporate mergers and several rounds of equity and debt financings; and leading multiple internal investigations of financial fraud involving management of private and public company clients. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Bronstein served as an attorney with the Division of Corporation Finance and Division of Market Regulation at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Mr. Bronstein has been recognized as a 2013 Washington, D.C. “Super Lawyer” in the area of Securities & Corporate Finance by Super Lawyers magazine and is AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell.*